Thursday, November 22, 2012

Stampin' Sisters in Christ: Psalm 127: 3

Good
morning! Happy Thanksgiving to my American Friends! It’s another challenge over at Stampin' Sisters in Christ. The
scripture for this challenge is:

“Children
are a gift from the Lord; they are a reward from Him” Psalm 127:3

Challenge:
Create a card for a child

I believe
that every child has a purpose, whether they are conceived out of love, a one
night stand or even the worse of situations rape. I will never forget the day I
found I was pregnant, I had been rushed to the hospital by ambulance doubled
over in pain and faint from throwing up (I had thought all week I had the flu).
They ran some blood work and came back and told me I was pregnant but they
needed to do an ultrasound because they thought it may be a tubal pregnancy. I
was so scared not only was I pregnant (which was not planned by the way) but it
could be tubal. After what seemed like a life time they finally told me
everything was ok. I remember thinking “God why me, why are you trusting me
with this precious life”, my marriage was a mess and I didn’t want to bring
another life into it. Don’t get me wrong I wanted kids just not in my
situation. One day I was sitting on my bed with pain in my side thinking that
something was wrong with the baby, I started praying and my response was
“Abraham and Isaac”. Abraham had finally become a father and God asked him to
sacrifice his son and Abraham obeyed, he took his son up to a mountain gathered
all his stuff to make the sacrifice, tied his son up and placed him on the
alter, was just about to kill him when an angel of the Lord stopped him saying “Do not do anything to him. Now I know that you fear God, because you
have not withheld from me your son, your only son.” Genesis 22:12. At first I
was confused why would God show me this, then I realized God wanted me to trust
Him. Trust Him I have, everyday I pray over my precious daughter that nothing
or no one will harm her and that God’s hands will be around her. Being a single
mom isn’t easy but it is the best thing I could have done for my daughter.
Being raised in an abusive environment is no place for a child. I know I am not alone in raising my daughter, I have my parents but more importantly my daughter has the best Father, her Heavenly Father.

My card has nothing to do with what I just shared, I just created a card for my stash for a little boy as I don't have too many of those floating around.

6 comments:

Hello, I wasnt going to blog today, but I wanted to check my email, and found your post in my email, and I just wanted to tell you what an encouragement it was to read this on Thanksgiving. I am so glad everything went well in your little girls surgery. When you mentioned it the other day, I prayed for her and for you. I understand abuse, and I am unable to have children and am so thankful there are people like you that raise their children in love. You have a wonderful day and thank you for the post today!!

Kristan - Girl, you just keep your eyes on Jesus. Yes, being a single mom is hard, but the rewards are amazing when you keep you focus on Him. Remember you have sisters standing in the gap for you, lifting you up when you need it. I am glad your daughter is doing well from her surgery. She sounds like a trooper! Be blessed today!Michelle

Kristan, thanks so much for sharing this story. I cried! Your daughter is a gift from God and I'm sure there are some very difficult days, but you made the right decision to raise her in a safe and loving environment. God has his hand on BOTH of you!

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I am a single mom raising a beautiful and energetic 3 year old little girl. I have been through alot in my life but i have made it through everything with my faith in God. I haven't been scrapbooking and making cards for very long but enjoy expressing myself through crafts.